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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Economics
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:30:44 +0200

On 23 Jun 2006, at 06:20,  wrote:

> It is not America's fault that Africa is  kleptocratic and poor and  
> other
> places are feudalistic and sad. Instead of  blaming the West they  
> should emulate
> it.

This shows an ignorance of current events and history, for that manner.

Clues:

Dick Cheney is current wanted by a European judge for an interview in  
connection with a massive bribery in Nigeria. It appears the KBR  
subsidiary of his company, Halliburton, made payments to the then  
military dictator there.

According to Pentagon accountants, overcharges by Halliburton in Iraq  
have exceeded expenditures on all wars prosecuted by the USA prior to  
WW1. The higher-ups in the Pentagon decided to let them keep the  
money, for the most part.

The flow of dirty money from the underdeveloped countries exceeds aid  
to them by a factor of five.

According to the 2002 policy document from the National Security  
Council, any challenge (not necessarily of a military nature) to the  
USA will be met by military force.


dss

David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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